Momma Drama

This is what happens when you are old, and you don't drink your water every day. You think you are going to blog after Fear Factor, but by then you are so tired (lame) that you just go to bed.........

Let's see here...........I've been busy cleaning. I guess I'll call it good as far as spring cleaning goes. It was for the sole purpose of having the realtor and her office come out two days ago. Except, I had called her about a week and a half ago and left a message saying I'd like to switch it to just her coming out....."Please call me back at your earliest convenience." I never heard back from her so I assumed she didn't get the message and that they were all still coming out like originally planned. My mistake. So now, she will be coming out next Thursday.

Tuesday I discovered that we have not 7 bodies like I originally thought, but 8 dead bodies in the wrong spots in the cemetery. Superfantastic! Did I mention last week that I was caught up Village wise? I think I did.....damn me! Dave and I know about 5 people in this town, and two of the people we know have their loved ones in the wrong spots. Great. Nothing like being so selfish that you don't want to call your daycare lady and say "Hey, sorry to tell you, but your IL's got buried in the wrong holes...." Ugh!

Today is Dave's last day at the old job. The were pretty much blindsided by his resignation....wanted to know what they could do to get him to stay, blah, blah, blah. Then they got a touch ugly after they realized he wasn't staying. Now they are back to semi-nice so that he will stay on as contingent. He needs to call human resources today and find out when exactly our insurance with them ends, because the new stuff doesn't start until May 1st. Argh! Makes me nervous to ride without any....says she of the former bankruptcy due to an appendectomy and no insurance. The new job starts April 12th. The insurance is going to be cheaper....so if you figure that into the pay cut it brings the pay cut down to 28 cents per hour. Nice to know, since our gasoline and car repair or new payment is going to take a real beating. The vision and dental insurance is better, so that is nice too. We caught a BIGI sale on polo shirts at Meijers the other day, now we need to spiff him up with some new Dockers and get him a new lab coat. I don't think he is excited yet. I'm excited for him though. He loves that fast paced hospital stuff, and he loves to learn so this is going o be great. I don't think he found me funny when I told him that the lettuce in his Wendy burger was the new leaf he was turning over though....;)

Transportation is an issue right now, yet again. Last week Dave said that the truck was leaking differential fluid out the back and he's worried that the whole thing is going to seize up. Then 4 days later he comes home and says the car is leaking oil again. This was fixed in December and those repairs have a year warranty thank goodness. I'm sure that it will be something new though, and not under warranty. There's something to be said for not having a truck payment for the last 5 years, and no car payment for the last 18 months. There is also something to be said for car repairs that crop up every few months and cost an arm and a leg.............We may have to bite the bullet. If we do, our payments shouldn't be too much. For some unknown reason we are getting $7,000 back from federal. Somebody really needs to change his W-4, which he will be doing at the new job. I need to find out how to get a hold of anyone who can answer questions about the "Park & Ride" program though. Dave can't be the only person who lives in this bedroom community and travels to GR for work right?

I think it may be spring...........I think we won't have another heavy snow. A few light dustings yes. And gawd knows I'll cry when I see them. This is my fruity time of the year. I can smell it.......I can hear it in the form of the birds, I can see it, my bulb plants are trying their damnedest to poke through. It has been 50* today and yesterday morning. Yay for spring! I have the window open right now...and the birds are going to town (for bread and milk no doubt...lol!). We had a true spring rainfall this morning.....it's tapered off now thank goodness. We've got to walk Trent to school...no fun in a downpour.

My period thinks it's funny to be late every month anymore. It really doesn't help my irrational fear of being pregnant again. I'm actually hoping this is a sign of premenopause so I can move on with life and not have panic grip me by the cockles of my heart every month and squeeze them until they burst....

We're having a garage sale. $&^$#^&!!! Only because we aren't going to be able to itemize next year, so I rented the hall for $25. Now I don't have to worry about cleaning my garage, tables and table space, rain, potty breaks, etc. I'm doing a one day blowout sale from probably 9-3 on Memorial Day. The hall was taken on the Saturday I tried to get it. Anyone want to buy a 1994 Ford Ranger, a boat, or a ton of baby stuff?

The house next door sold. Rumor has it that they wanted to try and turn it into a 4 unit rental. No go in a residential area, can't be more than a 2 unit. We shall see I guess.

I wish to high heaven that Maiya would hurry up and cut these molars. I bet she does too. One is all the way through. She is miserable and I'm out of Motrin to do the Tylenol-Motrin round the clock happy hours....

Devin wants to be a boy. Is this normal?

Trent is looking forward to spring break, he is tired if the rest of us doing stuff together while he is at school. Poor guy. We've got parent-teacher conference next week.

I went to the dentist yesterday to start the bleaching kit process. Do you know that they actually talked me out of it? When I first started looking into having it done, they said that the OTC products weren't as strong as the professional ones. Now, they say they are pretty darn close. Suggested that I try the OTC's first and then decide if I want to go the dentist route. Very nice of them to save me my $250 to put towards the $40 OTC stuff. I shall buy some this weekend.

If I get my eyes examined this month on the old insurance and get new glasses, can I then turn around after May and get an exam and contacts with the new insurance? Moral or no?

Today I need to have a "phone call" day, and a "computer day" too. I'm chomping at the bit to change the blog template....but that is a whole nother day in and of itself. ;)

I scrapped this morning. I need to finish another page today. It's all cut and planned. That will make 9 pages for the month. I had a goal of 10...yay for me!

I need to cut and date Devin's pictures that we picked up yesterday.

Need to get Devin's bike out of the garage today before she explodes.

This weekend we need to go see Scooby Doo 2 if daycare can take Maiya. We are going to bake some cookies for Trent to take to school on his snack day next week. Tulip cookies...and decorate them. (Thanks Shelly! ;)

Think that's it for now.......I have 5 minutes before the natives get up.

Happy Friday all!